Bill Rose (footballer)

Bill Rose
Personal information
Full name	William Rose
Date of birth	(1931-05-09)9 May 1931
Date of death	10 October 2007(2007-10-10) (aged 76)
Original team(s)	Nyah West^[1]
Height / weight	189 cm / 80 kg
Position(s)	Follower, defender
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1950–1955	Collingwood	40 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1955.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

William "Bill" Rose (9 May 1931 – 10 October 2007)^[2] was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1950s.

Rose was a follower in Collingwood's 1953 premiership side, having been a back pocket in the team which lost the Grand Final a year earlier.

His brothers, Bob and Kevin were also Collingwood premiership players.

References

↑ "STAR PLAYERS MISSING Collingwood hard hit.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 21 April 1950. p. 19. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
↑ "Bill Rose". Collingwood Forever. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

Bill Rose's statistics from AFL Tables
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

Collingwood Football Club 1953 VFL premiers
Collingwood 11.11 (77) defeated Geelong 8.17 (65), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. L. Richards (c) 2. Mann 4. Batchelor 5. Finck 7. Hams 9. Kingston 10. Waites 12. Healey 17. Merrett 14. Gooch 16. Weideman 18. Parker 20. R. Richards 22. B. Rose 25. M. Twomey 26. B. Twomey 27. P. Twomey 29. Sharp 31. Waller 33. W. Rose
Coach: Kyne

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